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FBI arrests Energy Department employee on charge of trying to support Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to …
Hundreds of tourists stranded in Moroccan lockdown
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of tourists who were traveling in Morocco in motorhomes have found themselves stranded in a parking lot near a Tangier highway that authorities have turned into a makeshift quarantine…
Gunmen kill 2 Pakistani troops, wound 4 near Iran border
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen gunmen opened fire on Pakistani security forces patrolling a remote border region near Iran on Thursday, killing two troops, a provincial minister said.
US prosecutors indict Veneula's Maduro, top aides on narcoterrorism charges
MIAMI (AP) — US prosecutors indict Veneula's Maduro, top aides on narcoterrorism charges.
US indicts Venezuela's Maduro on narcoterror charges
MIAMI (AP) — Nicolás Maduro effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug traffickers and terrorist groups as he and his allies stole billions from the South American country, th…
Nearly half-million infected worldwide, economic toll rises
The number of coronavirus infections closed in on a half-million worldwide Thursday, with both Italy and the U.S. on track to surpass China, and a record-shattering 3.3 million Americans applied for unemployment be…
AP sources: US to indict Venezuela's Maduro, aides
MIAMI (AP) — The Trump administration will announce indictments against Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle for effectively converting Venezuela's state into a criminal enterprise at the serv…
The G20 video call: In virus era, even summits are virtual
LONDON (AP) — The face-to-face tension among foes was gone. So was the in-person camaraderie among allies.
As planned, US-led coalition pulling out of 2nd Iraqi base
QAYARA AIR BASE, Iraq (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition on Thursday started pulling out of a second base in Iraq, in line with a planned drawdown of troops, hours after two rockets hit inside Baghdad's heavily fortifie…
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Sources say the Trump administration will indict Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle
MIAMI (AP) — Sources say the Trump administration will indict Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle.
World G20 leaders in video call to coordinate virus response
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders of the world's most powerful economies convened virtually on Thursday with the aim of coordinating a global response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has shuttered…
Sri Lankan leader frees soldier convicted in civilian deaths
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's president on Thursday freed a soldier who was sentenced to death for killing eight civilians during the country's civil war.
Stocks rise on Wall Street, heading for three-day rally
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday, putting the market on track for its first three-day rally in six weeks, even as the astonishing scale of the downturn slamming the economy because of the coronav…
FBI: Soldiers set up deadly robbery to fund foreign fighting
The two former U.S. Army soldiers met in Ukraine, where they joined the same far-right paramilitary group. After getting deported, they planned to take a boat from Miami to South America. They wanted to fight the s…
Senate passes $2.2T coronavirus aid plan, House votes Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a mammoth